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Tresopax
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Understanding.
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Tante Shvester
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Respect.
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Respect as well.
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Big boobs.

Ok, that's not really true. They don't have to be big, just well formed.

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Kindness.
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Respectful/Intelligent humor.
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Mercy.
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Sincerity.
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Sincerity
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Treason
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! Fusiachi beat me! lol
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What, there can be only one?
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Being comfortable in their own skin--regardless how wrinkled it is. [Smile] I'm still working on being comfortable with myself.

Do you think it is true that the traits one most admires in others are the traits one is striving for oneself?

*penalties for overuse of the 'pretentious pronoun'*

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camus
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integrity to self, to beliefs, and to the ones that are precious to us.
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I'd say a tie between honesty and integrity (mainly because there's a link of sorts between the two).
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SO, Fusiachi and Treason, does that mean you admire MrSquicky the most?
[ROFL]

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Tante Shvester
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I think it means that Squicky admires ME the most...
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Treason
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You wish Tante! It's ME he admires most!

(Don't click on that if you don't want to see my cleavage)
[ROFL]

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Understand ftw. A person needs to understand the situation in order to respect, be kind and sincere, blah blah.
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Tante Shvester
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quote:
Originally posted by Treason:
You wish Tante! It's ME he admires most!

Very impressive, my dear. But I can't post my impressive rack on the 'rack -- my camera doesn't have the wide-angle lens required.
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quote:
(Don't click on that if you don't want to see my cleavage)

...to see your ability to split apart? I suppose that can be a character trait. [Smile]
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Thought for others.

(Squicky likes *me*. I bought some new bras on the weekend. 12E! Where do they get off being an E cup?!?)

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Integrity.
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Tante Shvester
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I wear a "V" cup, as in "Va Va Va Voom!"
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This is the sort of pissing contest I'd like to see continue.
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Tante Shvester
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I put the "rack" in "Hatrack".

<puffs chest out boastfully>

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What about me? I have an XXL Mansiere. Okay, maybe I don't, but I still want MrSquicky to like me.
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imogen
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You're lucky Ralphie isn't around anymore to fight your claim. [Smile]
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Tante Shvester
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That would be an "E" cup. As in "ewww!"
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quote:
I put the "rack" in "Hatrack".

You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts. [Razz]
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Loyalty
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imogen
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Having just re-read my post, I should qualify that "Thought for others" is the character trait I most admire in other people.

I did not mean to suggest that my breasts should be a thought for others.

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Tante Shvester
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quote:
Originally posted by Frisco:
You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts.

I won't live until the end of the week?
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[ROFL]
imogen, that's what I thought you meant!

Tante- [Taunt]

spelling edit.

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Tante, you've almost beat me! And I joined... 22 months before you.


Aren't your fingers tired?

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Tante Shvester
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Onanism?
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*proper

I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about

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Respect. From my experiences, real respect for others shows that the person probably is honest and has integrity too.
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Tante Shvester
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Hey! Way to derail a high-minded thread!

[Wave] <-- High Five!

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Whoops... [Blushing]
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Empathy.
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I guess I could substitute compassion for "thought for others". I think it's more or less what I mean.
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Originally posted by Tante
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Onanism?
Is that a good character trait, or the result of one?
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quote:
Hey! Way to derail a high-minded thread!

[Wave] <-- High Five!

And here I was about to suggest we needed more pictorial examples. [Taunt]
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Of onanism?


You are sick. [Wink]

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Being funny
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quote:
You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts.
[ROFL]
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Patience and self-confidence
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Brilliance.

Even if they're a bastard.

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I don't have a word for this.
The capacity to empathize with people, but to stay yourself at the same time.

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